From the CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) press release: In a new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), people with schizophrenia showed greater brain activity during tests that induce…
From the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT press release via Newswise: When you experience a new event, your brain encodes a memory of it by altering the connections between neurons. This requires turning…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Objects that resemble faces are everywhere. Whether it’s New Hampshire’s erstwhile granite “Old Man of the Mountain,” or Jesus’ face on a tortilla, our brains are adept…
From the Max Planck Institute via Medical Xpress: Learning a new language usually requires written and spoken instructions but a new study shows that the use of word-specific gestures may aid in the learning process…
From the University of Colorado Boulder press release: A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder could be a wake-up call for parents of toddlers: Daytime naps for your kids may be more…
From the Lund University press release: Physician Oskar Hansson and his research group are studying biomarkers – substances present in spinal fluid and linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The group has studied close to 140 people…
From the Dartmouth University press release: The left brain/right brain dichotomy has been prominent on the pop psychology scene since Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry broached the subject in the 1960s. The left is analytical while…
From the Elsevier press release: Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the use of rating scales that quantify…
From the American Academy of Neurology via EurekAlert!: New research links ‘silent strokes,’ or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly.…
From the Oregon State University press release: New research has found that elderly people with higher levels of several vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids in their blood had better performance on mental acuity tests and…